Boxing

May 22, 1986|By Russ White of The Sentinel Staff

U.S. BOUND. Irishman Barry McGuigan said he intends to finish his boxing career with a string of fights in the United States, beginning with his June 23 World Boxing Association featherweight title defense against Fernando Sosa. McGuigan, 25, left for California Wednesday to train for the Sosa bout, which is part of a closed-circuit triple-header in Las Vegas, Nev. Thomas Hearns will defend his World Boxing Council super-middleweight title against Mark Medal, and Roberto Duran will meet Robbie Sims on the same card. ''I will only fight five or six more times, and I would like them all to be in the United States,'' McGuigan said before leaving for Palm Springs, Calif.